Berkeley Labor Guides

TEMPORARY WORKERS

This guide was compiled from Melvyl's catalog database, which includes the holdings of the ten campuses of the University of California and several other contributing libraries. It also includes bibliographies of journal and newspaper articles on the subject of the contingent work force. Library researchers will need to obtain copies of the journal and newspaper articles at libraries that collect the titles cited; UC Berkeley holdings are for general convenience.

Journal Articles (Chronological order)

Mary Brophy Marcus.
"Making rounds: tips for temps." (companies
are increasingly interested in interviewing
temporary workers before they are hired, and
such workers should handle the interviews as
if they were for full-time,...) U.S. News
&World Report v122, n11 (March 24, 1997):66.
Pub Type: Brief Article.

McDowell, Edwin.
"More work or less work can equal no time off;
a vacation this year is out of the question
for a growing number of American families."
(corporate downsizing and increase in number
of temporary workers means less money...)
New York Times v145 (Sat, July 6, 1996):17(N),
31(L), col 2, 31 col in.

This book explores the theoretical
and analytical issues of labor flexibility.
IIRL HD5765.A6.F37 1991

Flesh Peddlers and Warm Bodies : the Temporary
Help Industry and its Workers By Robert
E. Parker. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University
Press, c1994. Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph
series of the American Sociological Association.

Drawing on many interviews with clerical and
industrial "temps," the author presents
a vivid picture of the lives of temporary workers,
while explaining what this trend toward a cheap,
docile, flexible workforce implies for the economy
and for w orkers of all kinds.

This report provides a statistical overview
of the part-time workforce in Australia, including
demographic characteristics, occupational structure,
and general trends over the past 10 years. It
also examines the characteristics of the jobs
themselves, pa rticularly the benefits, conditions,
and employment development opportunities associated
with them. The various demand and supply factors
contributing to the growth in part-time work
are discussed and analyzed, and a number of
policy issues are raised.
IIRL HD5110.2.A8L49 1990

Day Labor Research Institutehttp://daylaborinfo.org/default.aspx
The Day Labor Research Institute conducts academic research into topics related to day laborers, and works cooperatively with various cities and counties, law enforcement, business, community, nonprofit organizations, existing day labor centers, and day laborers themselves to find solutions that fit each community.

FairJobs Orghttp://www.fairjobs.org/ The North American Alliance for Fair Employment (NAFFE) is a network of organizations concerned about the growth of contingent work—including part-time jobs, temping, sub-contracting—and its impact on the well being of all workers.

Nonstandard Worker Projecthttp://www.nelp.org/nwp/index.cfm
National Employment Law Project’s - Nonstandard Worker Project seeks to ensure that all workers regardless of what their employer calls them – temp, independent contractor, part-timer – receive the full benefits of labor and employment laws

On The Corner: Day Labor in the United Stateshttp://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/uploaded_files/Natl_DayLabor-On_the_Corner1.pdf
This report profiles, for the first time, the national phenomenon of day labor in the United States. Men and women looking for employment in open-air markets by the side of the road, at busy intersections, in front of home improvement stores and in other public spaces are ubiquitous in cities across the nation. The circumstances that give rise to this labor market are complex and poorly understood. In this report, we analyze data from the National Day Labor Survey, the first systematic and scientific study of the day-labor sector and its workforce in the United States.

Workplace Fairnesshttp://www.nerinet.org/
Workplace Fairness is a non-profit organization that provides information, education and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide and promotes public policies that advance employee rights.

Working Todayhttp://www.workingtoday.org/
Working Today is a national nonprofit (501[c][3]) organization that represents the needs and concerns of America's growing independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. These independent workers—freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees and the self-employed—currently make up about 30% of the nation's workforce.